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Adobe Photoshop CC - Key Terms

47 terms by mhamilton_laney

Quick Selection Tool A selection method that allows you to paint

an area of an image, and the tool
automatically finds the edges.

Layer Layers are like stacked, transparent sheets

of glass on which you can create images.
You can see through the transparent areas
of a layer to the layers below. You can work
on each layer independently.

Layer group A tool to organize layers into a logical

order and reduce clutter in the Layers
panel.

Filters Actions that enhance or modify an image

with special effects (Blur, sharpen, artistic,
distort, noise, stylize, texture, etc)

Liquify filter A filter that causes the image to appear

melted by pushing, pulling, rotating,
reflecting, puckering or bloating pixels in
the image

Vanishing Point filter A filter that effectively edits images that

have perspective planes (rectangular
surfaces that seem to get smaller as they
approach the horizon)

Photomerge A command that automatically combines

several photographs into one continuous,
panoramic image by using layers and
masking

High Dynamic Range (HDR) A command that combines photos of

different exposure to create a composite
with a much larger range of tonal detail
than can be captured in one photo.

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Auto enhance An option for the Quick Selection tool that

creates better quality selections, with
edges that are truer to the object.

Elliptical Marquee tool Select ovals or perfect circles.

Zoom Tool shortcut Press Z to activate the zoom tool.

Tolerance Determines the similarity or difference of

pixels selected

Anti-aliasing Anti-aliasing smooths the jagged edges of

a selection by softening the color transition
between edge pixels and background
pixels.

Refine edge Option to soften the edges of a selection

by adjusting such options as smooth,
feather and decontaminate colors

Blending A series of options for adjusting the way

colors appear when one layer overlays
another layer.

Feathering A command that softens or blurs edges by

building a transition boundary between a
selection and its surrounding pixels.

Watermark A partly visible message that marks the

image as belonging to you.

Lasso tool The lasso tool makes freehand selections.

Polygonal Lasso tool The polygonal lasso too makes straight-

edge selections.

Magnetic Lasso tool You can use the Magnetic Lasso tool to
make freehand selections of areas with
high-contrast edges. When you draw with
the Magnetic Lasso tool, the selection
border automatically snaps to the edge
between areas of contrast.

Resolution Refers to the number of pixels that

describe an image and establish its detail,
measured in pixels per inch (ppi).

Copy A command that copies the selected area

on the active layer.

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Paste A command that pastes a cut or copied

selection into another part of the image or
into another image as a new layer.

Quick Selection tool A tool that's selection expands outward

from where it is clicked to automatically
find and follow defined edges in the image.

Clipping mask An object or group whose shape masks

other artwork so that only areas that lie
within the shape are visible.

Shape layer A vector layer that contains either a shape

(including fill and stroke), pixels, or a path.

Smart object Smart objects are vector objects that you

can place and edit in Photoshop without a
loss of quality regardless of how often you
scale, rotate, skew, or otherwise transform
it.

Contiguous Selects only adjacent or touching areas

that use the same colors

Gradient map An filter effect that applies a range of

colors based on the lightest and darkest
areas of an image.

Non-destructive editing Using masks and layers so the original

image(s) data is not lost

Adjustment layers Applies color and tonal adjustments to

your image, layer or layer group without
permanently changing pixel values

Blending modes lighten, darken, color dodge, hue, blends

only apply where layers overlap

Retouching tools Spot Healing Brush tool, Red Eye tool,

Patch tool, Content-Aware Move tool,
Smart Sharpen, Camera Shake Reduction

History panel A panel that restores the image to a

previous state, up to 20 undo steps

Puppet warp An set of options that allow an image to be

drastically distorted in some areas while
leaving others intact

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Workspace The working area in the Adobe programs

including the Main menu, Options bar,
Document window, Tools panel, Workspace
switcher menu and Panels

Image retouching Correcting imperfections or photo damage

Constrained proportions The option in the Image Size dialogue box,

represented by a chain icon, that indicates
a fixed width/height ration when icon is
active

Color correction A general term the type of editing to

correct color or contrast (Hue/Saturation,
Levels, Curves, Selective Color and
Desaturate)

Crop The process of removing portions of an

image to create focus or strengthen the
composition

Transform The tool used to scale, rotate, skew, distort,

apply perspective, or warp an image or
layer

Opacity A layer's degree of transparency; you set

layer opacity through the Layer Style
dialogue box

Tonal range The range of brightness levels in an image

from the darkest to the lightest

Stacking order The arrangement of layers top to bottom in

the layers panel

Resampling Changing the total number of pixels in an

image.

Layer Filters A tool in the layers panel that allows the

user to sort by kind of layer (for example,
text layer, etc)

Composite Image Image which was created from several

separate images.

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